Crown for ladies&#39; hats



April 18, 1933. M WALSH CROWN FOR LADIES HATS original'Filed Aug. 2f 195o Inventor A ftorney /IZW/ MMM Patented Apr. 18, 1933 y MARY WALSH, OF NEW YORK, N.:Y.`

CROWN SFOR LADIES HATS Application filed August 2, 1930, Serial No. 472,611. i Renewed November 2, 1932.

rl`his invention relates to nen7 and useful improvements in ladies hats, and it pertains particularly to a novel construction in the formation of hat crowns. V

5 It is one of the objects of the invention to provide a hat which may be folded or crushed, without in any'way'eifecting the shape of the hat when desired for use.

A further object of the invention resides 10 in a novel construction of hat crowns` which will permit of the use of various materials which at the same time permit of folding or crushing of the hat without injury thereto.

lVith the above and other objects in view,

15 reference is had to the accompanying drawing, in which;

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hat constructed in ac-cordance with the present invention,

29 Figure 2 is a bottom Y partly broken away, and

Figure 3 is a detail sectional view on an enlarged scale.

Referring specifically to the drawing, A

25 designates the hat crown, and the said hat crown may be of any desired style or shape.

The hat crown A is made up of a layer of material 10 which forms the outer surface or finish of the hat. This outer layer 10` may be formed from any desired soft pliable material dependent upon the desired finish of the hat. Secured to the inner surface of the outer member 10, it being understood that the outer member 10 is preferably shaped there is a layer of soft flexible material 11,

and this layer of soft flexible material is preferably secured to the layer 10 by a suitable adhesive, and theseV two layers 10 and 11 are preferably secured together by the adhesive throughout their entire contacting faces.

After the hat has been thus far formed,

a plurality of radially disposed reinforcin elements 13 are secured to the inner face o the layer 11, and said reinforcingrelements 13 meet in the center of the crown as designated at 14 in Figure 2. Y

Relatively narrow strips of muslin are particularly adapted to the purpose. The manplan view thereof tion, the free edge`22 of the outer layer 10 d@ ner of securing the reinforcing elementsl may be varied, and in some instances they may be secured to the inner layer 11 by adhesive, or they may be stitched theretobefore. the inner layer "11 is secured to the outer layer 10, or both adhesive and stitching mayV 5v5 be employed if desired.

A plurality of circumferentially extend ing reinforcing elements 14 are provided, and these reinforcing elements 14 arel prefy erably 'placed within the reinforcing ele ments 13,"although it maybe desirable in some instances to interpose the circumferen tially extending reinforcing elements 14-be f tween the reinforcing elements v13 and' the inner layer 11; These reinforcing elements 14 are of substantially the same type as those designated 13, and they may be secured in' Tkposiltion either by stitching, by adhesive or After the hat has been thus far formed,"an inner lining 16Ais positioned within the hat, and this lining may be secured in'position in any desired manner.

In the present embodiment of the invention, the inner lining 16 is secured in position by the inwardly turned portion 21-of the outer layer 10 ofmaterial from which the hat is formed. Y

In the'present embodiment of the inven- Y' of material is folded as at 23 upon itself and again as at 24, after which the free edge is passed around the edges of the radially eX- tending reinforcingelements and the inner layer 11 as indicated at Qin Figure 3 and passed inwardly of the hat crown and Yis secured thereto in any desired manner, preferably, however, by a suitable adhesive. f Y

' While in the present illustration of the invention, the hat has been described as formed 99,- ,Y

from sheet fabric molded into crown-shaped Y formation, it may as well be manufactured from strip material in which instance the two layers of material are adhesivelysecured together after which they are out in relatively to form the hat crown, andseoured together `by stitching, after which, the reinforcing elef ment'14 may be applied.

95.1 narrow strips, wound arounda suitable form fV From the foregoing, it will be apparent 19,0'

that the present invention provides a new and novel construction especially adapted for ladies hats, and that by the arrangement and employment of the reinforcing elements 13 and 14, even though the hat becomes crushed, the same may be returned to its original form since these reinforcing elements 13 and 14 lend the necessary support to the crown to prevent absolute destruction thereof by foldinv or crushing.

aving now described my invention', what is claimed as new and is desired to secure by lLetters Patent of the United States, is;

In a hat, a crown-shaped body consisting of a plurality of united layersof material, a plurality 0f radial reinforcing elements secured to the body on the inside wall thereof, and a plurality of circuinferentially extend- Y ing strengthening elements secured to the interior wall of said body and through said radially extending reinforcing elements, and an inner lining for said hat, the free edge portion ofthe outer layer of material forming said body being folded into said body slightly in contact with said liningand in overlapping relation tothe radially extending reinforcing element,`the portion of said outer Vlayer betweenYV the inwardly folded y portion thereof and the portion of the outer layer making up the body of the hat being folded flatly upon the adjacent portion of the body ofthe hat to forin a rim.

In testimony whereof'l afiX my signature.

MARY WALSH. 

